AZRA AKŠAMIJA

Country:

Bosnia and Herzegovina / Austria

About artist / group:

Azra Akšamija is a Bosnian-born Austrian artist,
architect, and architectural historian. She studied architecture at the
Technical University Graz (Dipl.Ing.), Princeton University
(M.Arch), and is currently affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology as a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Architecture
(History Theory and Criticism Section/Aga Khan Program for Islamic
Architecture). Her artistic and academic practice explores identity
politics in contemporary mosque architecture.